Peter Attia· MD
lower average blood glucose is better so you know a hemoglobin a1c of 5.1 is better than a hemoglobin a1c of 5.5 even though neither of those people are anywhere near having type 2 diabetes
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lower average blood glucose is better so you know a hemoglobin a1c of 5.1 is better than a hemoglobin a1c of 5.5 even though neither of those people are anywhere near having type 2 diabetes
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that suggests to me by proxy at least that an average blood glucose of 100 on a CGM would be better than that of an average blood glucose of 115